Honoring Innovators - Chinese Australian Dr. Victor Chang
Honoring Innovators - Chinese Australian Dr. Victor Chang
Pioneer of modern heart transplants
He developed an artificial heart valve and an artificial heart assist device that is still used today.
In 1984, he performed a successful heart transplant on 14-year-old Fiona Coote, Indy100 reports. She was the youngest-ever heart transplant patient in Australia at the time.